Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing
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"Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing" is an educational podcast
that was launched in July 2006 and the title of a print book that was released in July 2008. The podcast, which has ranked as high as #2 on iTunes, offers short one-topic English grammar
lessons at no charge to subscribers hoping to improve their writing skills. Archived audio shows and complete transcripts are available at the Grammar Girl website, and audio archives are also available from the iTunes music store.
The print book offers advice similar to that found in the podcast and reached number nine on the New York Times best-seller list for paperback advice books.
Host Mignon Fogarty
has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Washington
and a master's degree in biology from Stanford University
.
for Best Education Podcast, the 2007 Podcast Peer Award for Favorite Audio Program, and the 2006 Podcast Peer Award for Best Education Podcast.
The Grammar Girl podcast was the subject of an article in the Wall Street Journal (November 4-5, 2006), recommended by the German newspaper Bild.de (December 1, 2006), profiled on CNN.com (January 23, 2007), and positively reviewed by the Podcasting Tricks website (November 30, 2006).
In their end-of-year review, iTunes staff listed the Grammar Girl podcast as a favorite for 2006. The show was also listed as an iTunes People's Choice podcast for 2006, ranking 29th in number of new subscribers for the year.
Mignon Fogarty appeared on the March 26, 2007 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show
as a grammar expert. She was on the show to answer a viewer question about the use of possessive apostrophes. The viewer thought a previous show should have been titled "Oprah's and Gayle's Big Adventure," but Fogarty confirmed that "Oprah and Gayle's Big Adventure" was a correct use of compound possession. She went on to discuss several other common grammar errors, including "Affect vs. Effect" and "Who vs. Whom."
The Grammar Girl print book reached number nine on the August 17, 2008 New York Times best-seller list for paperback advice books.
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
that was launched in July 2006 and the title of a print book that was released in July 2008. The podcast, which has ranked as high as #2 on iTunes, offers short one-topic English grammar
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
lessons at no charge to subscribers hoping to improve their writing skills. Archived audio shows and complete transcripts are available at the Grammar Girl website, and audio archives are also available from the iTunes music store.
The print book offers advice similar to that found in the podcast and reached number nine on the New York Times best-seller list for paperback advice books.
Host Mignon Fogarty
Mignon Fogarty
Mignon Fogarty is a former science writer who produces an educational podcast Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, which promotes the proper use of the English language and was named one of the best podcasts of 2007 by iTunes. She is also the founder of the Quick and Dirty Tips...
has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
and a master's degree in biology from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
Listenership
The Grammar Girl podcast had been downloaded over seven million times as of December, 2007. According to a Podtrac survey conducted in October 2006, approximately 50% of listeners are male and 50% of listeners are female. Listeners are encouraged to submit grammar questions by e-mail and voicemail. The majority of episodes are built around these submissions.Recognition
The podcast has won three awards: the 2007 Podcast AwardPodcast Awards
The People's Choice Podcast Awards, better known as the Podcast Awards, are an annual set of awards given to the best podcasts as voted by the people...
for Best Education Podcast, the 2007 Podcast Peer Award for Favorite Audio Program, and the 2006 Podcast Peer Award for Best Education Podcast.
The Grammar Girl podcast was the subject of an article in the Wall Street Journal (November 4-5, 2006), recommended by the German newspaper Bild.de (December 1, 2006), profiled on CNN.com (January 23, 2007), and positively reviewed by the Podcasting Tricks website (November 30, 2006).
In their end-of-year review, iTunes staff listed the Grammar Girl podcast as a favorite for 2006. The show was also listed as an iTunes People's Choice podcast for 2006, ranking 29th in number of new subscribers for the year.
Mignon Fogarty appeared on the March 26, 2007 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show is an American syndicated talk show hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey. It ran nationally for 25 seasons beginning in 1986, before concluding in 2011. It is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
as a grammar expert. She was on the show to answer a viewer question about the use of possessive apostrophes. The viewer thought a previous show should have been titled "Oprah's and Gayle's Big Adventure," but Fogarty confirmed that "Oprah and Gayle's Big Adventure" was a correct use of compound possession. She went on to discuss several other common grammar errors, including "Affect vs. Effect" and "Who vs. Whom."
The Grammar Girl print book reached number nine on the August 17, 2008 New York Times best-seller list for paperback advice books.
External links
- Startup Studio In depth interview with Mignon Fogarty on the creation of Grammar Girl.